Books written by John Pickrell

Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds

... Cope or Marsh's fossil hunting expeditions, but in 1879 Congress decreed that they be consolidated into a single organisation: the US Geological Survey (USGS), headed by John Wesley Powell, a well-respected explorer of the West.
Flames of Extinction: The Race to Save Australia's Threatened Wildlife

There have been other severe fires in Australia's temperate zone, which razed large areas of forest and killed many people, says John Woinarski, a conservation scientist at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory.
Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds

Pickrell also turns his journalistic eye toward the stories behind the latest discoveries, investigating the role of the Chinese black market in trading fossils, the controversies among various dinosaur hunters, the interference of national ...
Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew

The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, Weird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. “This history of the discovery of some ...
Flames of Extinction: The race to save Australia’s threatened wildlife

Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the flames, the wildlife workers who rescued them, and the conservationists, land managers, Aboriginal rangers, ecologists and firefighters on the ...
Wildlife of Australia

This is not only true for its plants and animals but also for its landscapes and environments. The unusual fauna, unusual environments, unusual climate, and the vast size of Australia - .
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018

Now in its eighth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia's brightest authors, journalists and scientists to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 (16pt Large Print Edition)

This popular yearly anthology gives a snapshot of the very best science writing Australia has to offer, including everything from the most esoteric philosophical questions about ourselves and the universe, through to practical questions ...
Flying Dinosaurs: How fearsome reptiles became birds

JOHN PICKRELL is an awardwinning journalist and the editor of Australian Geographic magazine. He has worked in London, Washington, DC and Sydney for publications including New Scientist, Science, Science News and Cosmos.
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018

Now in its eighth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia's brightest authors, journalists and scientists to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.
Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew

From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters working at the ...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018

Now in its eighth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia's brightest authors, journalists and scientists to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.
The Best Australian Science Writing 2018

Now in its eighth year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2018 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia’s brightest authors, journalists and scientists to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.